Next SURVIVOR A Geezer-Fest!!

I am – Hercules!!
The big news out of CBS’ TCA event today is the next edition of “Survivor” will be literally swimming with oldsters.
Ten of the contestants will be under 30 (per “Survivor” tradition) and form one tribe. The other 10 contestants will be over 40 and form the other tribe.
This is almost certainly the first time a single season of “Survivor” has had so many over-40 contestants, but the old vs. young conceit is a bit of recycle. I seem to recall a few seasons ago the contestants being divided up into four tribes: younger men, younger women, older men and older women. (I also have a vague recollection of thirtysomething Cirie Fields being plenty peeved about being lumped in with the elders.
Jimmy Johnson, 67, who coached the Dallas Cowboys to Super Bowl victories in 1992 and 1993, will be among those running the obstacle courses this year, according to a Dallas Morning News report published last week.
The oldest “Survivor” contestant of the series’ first decade was season-one Navy vet Rudy Boesch. He competed twice, at ages 72 and 76.
The next season launches Wednesday, September 15, the same night CBS broadcasts the 2-hour season finale of “Big Brother 12.”

I can understand hating him but at the same time i don't think i could have stomached voting for someone who had no hand in beating me at all. That was the case the first time around and the second time I thought Parvarti may have deserved to win because her game was much like his but with a bit more finesse. With that said, he deserved to win both times. I would like to see him host the show if Jeff ever leaves.
With that said, I'll watch this season but the last two have burned me a little.

I can understand hating him but at the same time i don't think i could have stomached voting for someone who had no hand in beating me at all. That was the case the first time around and the second time I thought Parvarti may have deserved to win because her game was much like his but with a bit more finesse. With that said, he deserved to win both times. I would like to see him host the show if Jeff ever leaves.
With that said, I'll watch this season but the last two have burned me a little.

One of the reasons I haven't watched this show since Australia is that there are no old geezers (although I guess Rudy spoiled me for that). This is a positive development. It should also up the cougar quotient nicely.<p>
Now, if they can just set one *not* in the South Pacific for once, that would also be good. I'm thinking... somewhere in Canada.

to a Russell-less season. I need new drama. Also, this may be the best season to implement the survive in not tropics twist, as half of the people will not be foxy honeys. Of course, they'll never do that, because who wants to deal with frostbite and lack of cameltoe? (this is officially my most pathetic post, and on my birthday, too. I'm so ... ugh.)

One of my vividest memories of Season 1 Survivor was that final challenge when all they had to do was hold onto a bar for hours (Hatch just up and bailed on the challenge, leaving it to the young chick and Rudy, which was pretty ace of him). Rudy lets go, he gets eliminated. At tribal council all he says is, "I just wanted to say I feel like an idiot for letting go of the pole." That rocked.

popping up here? In fact, the first 3 comments here were originally posted there. Very strange.<p> Fareal, I suspect the merge of tribes by the third episode of that season was planned from the start. I think for legal reasons they can't make changes to the game on the fly (save for "no vote tonight" due to a player being taken out of the game due to injury or not being able to pooh). I'd guess that the pre-game ruling made was that once one tribe lost 2 members (leaving only 2 to compete) they would merge the 4 tribes into 2. Just so happens one tribe lost 2 members right off the bat.

its a game show, its about winning a game and as the show has progressed the storytellers and editors have created a finely tuned piece of perfection that manipulates me every time. It'll forever be my favorite show as long as its on tv and if anybody missed last 2 seasons then you've missed one of the best characters in the history of television, Russell Hantz.

From the beginning this show has ad that same jury system. If Russell was such a pro he would've known to play the game so the jury could stand to see him win. Plus all his "magic" idol finds stunk of producer involvement. Nobody gets that lucky unless they either saw the idols being hidden or got tipped off.

Rudy was the only reason to have ever watched this series. That guy made nearly everyone look bad. If he had won season 1, I might have actually watched. As it is, I am proud to say that I have never seen an entire episode of Survivor or any popular reality show. They appeal mostly to the lowest common denominator of tv viewers. I better be careful though, I am starting to sound like the elitist uber left people on here.

I could argue with you all day about it also. The cameltoe shots of Amanda will linger on in my Tivo unless my wife finds them.
And let's not forget Stephenie when it comes to Survivor hotness. Shame we never got a a goood cameltoe shot of her

anyone else see this list from Maxim, The (supposedly) 20 hottest Survivors? <p> http://tinyurl.com/y92qe6v <p> Gotta think either Maxim's only seen select episodes of the show or has a rather different definition of "hot" than I do. A Top 20 list of Survivor's hottest women that doesn't include either Amanda or Ami has no merit.<p>Say what you want about Eric the Ice Cream Scooper. Sure, he has the distinction of being, arguably, the dumbest player ever for giving away his immunity. But he had a front row seat to Ami & Amanda's topless shower together. No amount of ridicule or infamy will ever be able to take that away from him, so he's got that going for him, which is nice.

The season on Palau yielded a tribe division of the oldsters vs the youngsters. The kids got their asses handed to them regularly by the old guys who basically decided: "It's too hot to fight. Let's listen to Tom." They ruled.